The Natural Capacity for Fresh Thought

There are tiny moments throughout your day that are already showing you how beautifully your psychological system works. The more you know this, and notice them, the more you realise you can ease-off on the thinking effort.

Sometimes when we think ‘transformative’ we think jazz hands, dramatic, huge insights. And that’s totally available. But sometimes it’s the opposite.

Sometimes it’s the little things that make the big difference. Sometimes it’s the seemingly inconsequential that create the biggest shifts, because the deeper we’re looking into how we work, the bigger the difference that’s experienced on the surface. A small nudge creates a big ripple.

In the conversation we have here we’re always looking to the principles of how the system already works beautifully, and one of those is the natural way psychological settling down happens, breaks in thought-clouds happen, and we get clarity and answers.

I know you can spot similar things in your own life. These little moments that usually go unnoticed can make a big difference when brought into the light.

Last week — first day back at school, and we’re rushing to get out the door. One child’s lost their mask, the other their wallet. Parents hunting while children get the last of their things together. Nope. Can’t find them. Here’s a spare mask, and you’ll just have to not have anything from the tuck shop today.

Get in the car, 2 seconds down the road and I started to think about where we’d seen both items last…mask…you had that on Saturday for drama class…Oh yes! It’s in my drama bag! Great! Wallet…you had that at Sherwood Pines in your rucksack but you didn’t want to take it…oh! Dad’s car! In the pocket behind the seat. Yep.

From a settled mind. Clarity.

No effort required to settle the mind. No effort required to bring the questions of where they’d been seen last. It just happens…

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